GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| fell | skin |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |